title: Chapter 11. Narratives of clients' experiences of drug use and treatment of substance use-related dependency.
abstract: The article focuses on narratives of clients' experiences of using/misusing alcohol and drugs and includes comments on their therapeutic process during treatment for dependency on psychoactive drugs. It discusses the role of narratives that focus on clients' experiences of understanding the use/misuse of psychoactive drugs, emphasizing the importance of the narratives. Narrative therapy for substance-use-related dependency is discussed. Insight into the treatment processes of dependency, based on narrative case illustrations, is also provided.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Social Work and Psychology, University of Gävle , Gävle , Sweden.
authors.forename: Therese
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: von Braun
authors.forename: Sam
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Larsson
authors.forename: Yvonne
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sjöblom
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D055030:Drug Users / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D033262:Narration; D062525:Narrative Therapy; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000628:therapy*